The Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Foundation has given an undisclosed sum to charities in Nigeria to “help provide relief following devastating flooding” that has ravaged parts of the country.
This comes after Duchess Sussex, 41, revealed last year that she is 43 percent Nigerian after taking a genealogy test. This was stated in her most recent Archetypes Podcast series, which was released on Tuesday.
A Spotify representative confirmed in a press release accompanying the episode that the couple’s Archewell Foundation donated to Save the Children and UNICEF.
The devastating floods have been blamed on heavy rain and water released from a dam in neighbouring Cameroon.
More than 600 people have been killed and around 1.4 million have been displaced in the floods which destroyed 440,000 hectares of farmland across Nigeria.
Save the Children Nigeria tweeted: “More than 1.5 million children are at risk after devastating flooding in Nigeria.
“Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Foundation has donated to Save the Children in Nigeria as our teams deliver life-saving supplies to affected families.”
